topic Re: turn off autotext in the door schedule thingy? in Collaboration with other software

turn off autotext in the door schedule thingy?

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:58:16 GMT

my employer is insisting i use the absolutely sh1te door scheduling thing within archicad, it has just taken me 2 hours to enter the info for 1 door (i could have done the whole schedule in excel, or on a drawing board the old fashioned way by now).

is there a way to turn off the autotext when typing the info into the boxes, it is driving me insane

i am using archicad 13

Re: turn off autotext in the door schedule thingy?

Laura Yanoviak — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:14:33 GMT

Don't enter data via the schedule -- select multiple doors and edit the listing parameters in the door settings dialog. I'm not sure what Autotext you're referring to.

Re: turn off autotext in the door schedule thingy?

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:39:05 GMT

I think he may be referring to the fact that when you type parameters into the objects that if you type slowly or take focus away from the object parameter entry box before you're done that it will overwrite your typing with the previous value. It's very annoying, particularly when your looking at a hard copy while typing the information in as it often requires you to memorize the data to ensure you enter it before it's cleared.

Re: turn off autotext in the door schedule thingy?

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:58:54 GMT

The scheduler works a charm once it's set up right.

Oh, if it is the time thing you are talking about on the text entry, you can increase the delay time in your work environment. I usually set it to 2.5 seconds.

Re: turn off autotext in the door schedule thingy?

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:49:17 GMT

i have to type it into the schedule itself because the parameters within "properties" in the doors are not linked to the schedule properly.

whoever set the schedule up here did it very badly, it would take me a week to sort it out. having just started a new job (in the private sector), i dont have the luxury of being able to waste such time.

why dont archicad just set them properly by default?

where in work environment can i change the time setting? is it the one in dialogue boxes and pallettes?

also i need to add 3 things to the bottom of the list of the doors, anything i add it wont let me type anything into the fields.

why make it so difficult?

Re: turn off autotext in the door schedule thingy?

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:12:49 GMT

i've worked out how to add fields to use custom text in, but its a bit long winded isnt it!

i must say, 90% of cad users i've worked with wouldnt be able to work things like that out.

just an observation

Re: turn off autotext in the door schedule thingy?

David Maudlin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:23:49 GMT

percybigun wrote:
where in work environment can i change the time setting? is it the one in dialogue boxes and pallettes?

Work Environment > User Preference Schemes > Dialog Boxes and Palettes

David

Re: turn off autotext in the door schedule thingy?

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:02:03 GMT

OK i've now got my head around the scheduling and am doing it much quicker.

my next problem is the window/door elevs/plans within the schedule.

i clicked on "annotate" on the elevation, and added some notes, dims and other lines.

the info i added has now all disappeared, from every window and door.

is this data lost forever?

it is a large archicad 13 teamwork file i am working on.

Re: turn off autotext in the door schedule thingy?

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:25:58 GMT

I have had this problem myself.
You should report it as a bug.
I am afraid that data is gone.

Re: turn off autotext in the door schedule thingy?

Erika Epstein — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:18:25 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
I am afraid that data is gone.

That is a very nasty bug

Re: turn off autotext in the door schedule thingy?

Laszlo Nagy — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:03:29 GMT

Yes, my experience was during the beta phase of AC13, which was then resolved in the final release, at least for me at that time.
But if this is still happening, GS should definitely look into it.

Re: turn off autotext in the door schedule thingy?

Anonymous — Fri, 28 May 2010 11:14:16 GMT

i have timed how long it takes after entering data into one of the schedule fields, and it is 10 - 20 seconds just for archicad to update its own database.

i am extremely disappointed in how bad this is, considering i am on a high spec pc.

i remember using databases and spreadsheets on windows and non-windows very low spec pc's and the info was almost instantaneous when i entered it into a field.

now we are 20 years on, and graphisoft cant get a fundamental basic thing like this right, bearing in mine the scheduling has been in archicad for many many releases - they should have made it work properly by now (for speed, and for not crashing out and losing data)

i have a few hundred doors on this project, which means the 10-20 second delay on all 18 fields of each door will add approx 1 full day to the time taking me to do the schedule. thats without the time taken for me to input the text.

i think graphisoft need to sort this out as a priority. door/window schedules on some buildings are difficult enough for architects to get their head around all the various aspects - without the software developer making it 10 times harder and VERY IRRITATING TO WORK ON!

Re: turn off autotext in the door schedule thingy?

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:10:23 GMT

There are several Interactive Schedule-related improvements in AC14, including faster generation of Schedules. I don't know exactly how much speed has improved.
But you should check it out when it is released.

Re: turn off autotext in the door schedule thingy?

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:12:44 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
There are several Interactive Schedule-related improvements in AC14, including faster generation of Schedules. I don't know exactly how much speed has improved.
But you should check it out when it is released.

"users can expect important procedures such as generating door schedules to improve by five to six times" as described here:
http://aecmag.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=354